But why no one has done something to make Perldoc more helpful for all?
Armando Gomez Guajardo Process Engineer Work Ph 956 547 6438 Beeper 956 768 4070 -----Original Message----- From: Dennis G. Wicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:05 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Hi All On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Shawn Corey wrote: > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:34:16 -0500 > From: Shawn Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: Hi All > > Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>>>"Hridyesh" == Hridyesh Pant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Hridyesh> Check this site http://perldoc.perl.org/ > > > > Why refer someone to a website that replicates everything that is on > > their own disk anyway? It boggles my mind every time I see this! > > > > Because searching perldoc really, really sucks. The only search > available is `perldoc -q keyword` and it only searches the FAQs and > then, only their questions. That's right, only the questions; the > answers are skipped! > > If you want to make perldoc useful, why don't you organize a project > to go thru its PODs and add X<...> where appropriate? > I agree. Perldoc is of little use to the beginning student of perl. It needs a function similar to man -k then it would be really useful. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
